jpdb beta

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

3

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

1

evident; plain; distinct; clear

1

(inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)

1

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

3

if I do say so myself

1

desperate

1

title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

1

all companies; each company

1

intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

1

(Shinto) shrine

1

third-rate; third-class

1

publisher; publishing house; publishing company

1

to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

1

slowly; sluggishly

1

brush strokes; manner of using a brush; use of a pen; penmanship

1

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

1

drink money; alcohol expenses; tip; gratuity

1

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

1

suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly

1

railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

1

stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp

4

sleeping face

2

hint

1

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

1

to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

4

ah; oh; hey!

4

to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that

1

riverbank

1

asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)

1

good night

1

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

1

clothes

1

forehead; brow

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

1

everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular

1

next day

1

to repeat; to do something over again

3

yesterday

4

custom; practice; convention; precedent

2

wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

3

pleasure; merriment

5

sorrow; grief; sadness

5

one's way; one's path

1

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

1

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

1

toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)

3